FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - France v Wales - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - March 20, 2021 Wales' Alun Wyn Jones REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - British & Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland was delighted with a successful return for Alun Wyn Jones three weeks after the experienced lock dislocated his shoulder and confirmed the Welshman has been reinstated as tour captain in South Africa.
Jones played 30 minutes as a replacement in Saturday’s 49-3 victory over the Stormers in Cape Town, a final warm-up game before the test series against the world champion Springboks starts next weekend.
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